[Magdalen] Listmeet in Miniature

[Clarissa Canning]

Good to hear the news .

On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 3:21 PM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Great to hear from you, Roger.
>
> Ginga
>
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 3:53 PM Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> > Ginga,
> >
> > That is excellent news about your parish. You have certainly moved on
> > from when I was with you for my final Sunday as a stipendiary Church of
> > England priest, an excellent experience and introduction to SC.
> >
> > Just for the record I visited with Gillian Barr at her church in
> > Stonington CT last month. After the service I enjoyed real lemnonade for
> > the first time, not the artificial stuff we get over here in the UK, as
> > part of a Juneteenth observation.
> >
> > Roger
> >
> > On 13/07/2022 18:29, Ginga Wilder wrote:
> > > I certainly enjoyed Grace's visit.  Grace stayed in a wonderful B&B in
> > the
> > > historic village of Summerville.  Her host, a friend of ours, invited
> me
> > to
> > > English breakfast on the morning Grace headed to explore more Gullah
> > > history near Beaufort.
> > >
> > > Our parish flourishes.  We have a contract to purchase a property in
> the
> > > old village!!  It comes with a house that we will rent for a few years
> > > before building a church on this property...the house will then become
> > our
> > > parish house.
> > >
> > > Ginga
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 9:24 AM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> It definitely counts, Christopher!
> > >> And I neglected to mention a listmeet with Ginga and John Wilder last
> > >> month while I was traveling. I spent two days in Summerville and
> > environs,
> > >> visiting with them and taking in some of the Sea Island history of the
> > >> Gullah people. Ginga took me to the McCleod Plantation, which presents
> > its
> > >> history from the perspective of the enslaved workers, and she and John
> > and
> > >> I had several meals together. I also got to see their church and meet
> > their
> > >> priest and hear their exciting news. Definitely a listmeet!
> > >>
> > >>> On Jul 12, 2022, at 10:29 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>> Does it count as a listmeet if there are only two people involved.
> > What
> > >> if
> > >>> the two are among 800 others?
> > >>>
> > >>> I have just today returned from the 80th General Convention of the
> > >>> Episcopal Church. I won't bore you with much news of what transpired
> > >> there
> > >>> because those of you who are interested, likely many of you, have
> > >> probably
> > >>> followed it via the usual sources. Those sources, however, will not
> > have
> > >>> reported that Susan Buchanan and I had a wonderful lunch together at
> a
> > >>> place just across the street from the Baltimore Convention Center. It
> > was
> > >>> great to catch up and Susan got to meet almost my entire deputation
> who
> > >>> followed me over to the restaurant and sat at an adjacent table.
> > >>>
> > >>> Also of note, during a short break on the floor of the house I had a
> > >> chance
> > >>> to briefly introduce Suzie to Meg Wagner, daughter of the late Mary
> > Jane
> > >>> Anderson. They were acquainted via Magdalen but had never met in
> > person.
> > >>> Meg was a deputy from Iowa, Suzie from Western North Carolina.
> > >>>
> > >>> The only other person whom I can think of with even a tangential
> > Magdalen
> > >>> connection was Bill Fleener, Jr., who I'm sad to say  narrowly missed
> > >>> election to the Executive Council. I did have a chance to greet him
> > >> though
> > >>> and he promised to convey my greeting to his parents.
> > >>>
> > >>> That's the news from your faithful reporter in Pennsylvania. I hope
> you
> > >> are
> > >>> all well.
> > >>> --
> > >>>
> > >>> Christopher Hart
> > >>>
> > >>> List Mail Address: cervus51 at gmail.com
> > >>> Personal Mail: cervus at veritasliberat.net
> > >>> Twitter: @cervus51
> >
>